Method for operating a vehicle
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorsMichael Decker, Rihab Laarousi
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Abstract
A method for operating a vehicle, which can be operated in a manual and an automated driving mode is provided. Depending on a driving situation occurring in the automated driving mode, a take-over request for a user of the vehicle to take over a driving task is issued to the vehicle user. During the automated driving mode the vehicle monitors whether the vehicle user is able to comply with the take-over request at the time of the issued take-over request based on a current seat position of the vehicle user and/or a current seat setting of a vehicle seat of the vehicle user.
Claims12
A method for operating a vehicle, which can be operated in a manual and an automated driving mode, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by the vehicle during the automated driving mode, whether a vehicle user is able to comply with a take-over request when the take-over request is issued based on a current seat position of the vehicle user or a current seat setting of a vehicle seat of the vehicle user;
- and
- issuing, based on a driving situation occurring in the automated driving mode, the take-over request for the user of the vehicle to take over a driving task of the vehicle,
- wherein at least one seat position of the vehicle user or at least one seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user is determined during the manual driving mode of the vehicle and stored as at least one reference position, the method further comprising
- regularly checking, during the automated driving mode, whether the current seat position of the vehicle user or the current seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user lies within a predefined tolerance range of the at least one reference position;
- and
- issuing a request to the vehicle user to correct the driver's seat position or the driver's seat setting if it is determined that the current seat position of the vehicle user or the current seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user is outside the predefined tolerance range of the at least one reference position,
- wherein the automated driving mode is deactivated, responsive to, and after
- a predefined number of issued prompts to correct the seat position of the vehicle user or the seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user, and
- a predefined time period has elapsed.
A method for operating a vehicle, which can be operated in a manual and an automated driving mode, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by the vehicle during the automated driving mode, whether a vehicle user is able to comply with a take-over request when the take-over request is issued based on a current seat position of the vehicle user or a current seat setting of a vehicle seat of the vehicle user and based on a state of health of the vehicle user;
- and
- issuing, based on a driving situation occurring in the automated driving mode, the take-over request for the user of the vehicle to take over a driving task of the vehicle,
- wherein at least one seat position of the vehicle user or at least one seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user is determined during the manual driving mode of the vehicle and stored as at least one reference position, the method further comprising
- regularly checking, during the automated driving mode, whether the current seat position of the vehicle user or the current seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user lies within a predefined tolerance range of the at least one reference position;
- and
- issuing a request to the vehicle user to correct the driver's seat position or the driver's seat setting if it is determined that the current seat position of the vehicle user or the current seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user is outside the predefined tolerance range of the at least one reference position,
- wherein, when the monitored state of the health of the vehicle user indicates that the vehicle user can manually drive the vehicle, the automated driving mode is deactivated, responsive to, and after
- a predefined number of issued prompts to correct the seat position of the vehicle user or the seat setting of the vehicle seat of the vehicle user, and
- a predefined time period has elapsed;
- and
- wherein when the monitored state of the health of the vehicle user indicates that the user cannot manually drive the vehicle, the automated driving mode is maintained and the vehicle is brought to a standstill in the automated driving mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.